2019 RvD iPrize, Spirit of Entrepreneurship award winners
Winners of the 2019 RvD iPrize competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards have been announced. The event featured $40,000 in prizes through the Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund at the iSchool, and $10,000 in Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards through an award by the family of Hunter Brooks Watson, a rising iSchool junior who died tragically in a distracted driving accident. Watson would have graduated this May 2019.
RvD iPrize winners:
Technology and Entertainment:
- TravSwap, $4,000, Connor Peterson (iSchool)
- PushVR, $3,000, Aru Banks (iSchool & College of Visual and Performing Arts)
- CLLCTVE, $4,000, Kelsey Davis (Newhouse School)
- Promptous, $2,000, Joshua Jackson (iSchool)
- Bluebird English, $1,000, Nidra Kilmer (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
Consumer Products and Services:
- Bowtie Blvd., $7,000, Jacob Dehahn (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
- LatchKey, $4,000, Jonathan Gregory (Whitman School of Management)
- Titan Brand, $2,000, Hailee Pitcher (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
- Spazio, $1,000, Matteo Broccolo (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
AgTech and Food:
- FEI Tech, $1,500, Chenghao Zhang (Whitman School of Management)
- Blood, Sweat, and Beers, $1,500, Amanda Rylee (Whitman School of Management)
Energy and Environment:
- PAANI, $3,000, Nikita Chatterjee (College of Arts and Sciences)
MedTech and Wellness:
- MedUX, $6,000, Alex Gillinder (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award Recipients
(Each company was awarded $2,500)
- Muted Ariel Systems (M.A.S.)
- MedUX
- OptechVR
- PAANI